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Biden faces Hispanic workforce problem: Report

More than half a million Hispanic workers are missing from the labor force, according to a new report, a shortfall that could present major problems for President Joe Biden‘s effort to win over the critical voting bloc. Since the pandemic, millions of jobs have been added, and the unemployment rate has returned to around where […]

Mike Johnson finds his footing despite House Republican land mines

In the last month, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has pulled off what at one time seemed like an impossible feat.  Despite an unruly conference and his own inexperience, he managed to usher through the House three sets of bills that fractured Republicans for much of the 118th Congress. Each piece of legislation, on foreign aid, […]

Surrogacy overcomes legal hurdles as market booms

At just 19 years old, Amanda Roman suffered a stroke, prompting her to be on a variety of medications, including blood thinners, and eventually leading to a uterine ablation, meaning that she would no longer be able to have a period. This meant if Roman wanted to have a genetic link to her child, she […]

Kathy Hochul says state district attorney undermined her ability to serve

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) referred Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to the New York State Commission on Prosecutorial Conduct after her controversial statements and actions during a traffic stop last week in Webster, New York, according to various reports.  According to reports, Doorley allegedly refused to pull over to police after being caught speeding by local law […]

Make cities pay for not enforcing the law

If your next-door neighbor decided to start brewing beer in his garage, and the fermenting yeast made your house smell like rotten eggs, you could sue him for nuisance, enjoin him from making beer, and seek damages to repair the damage to your house. That is a fair common law principle. But what if the […]

Louisiana standoff: Three police officers wounded and suspect fatally shot by sniper

Three Louisiana police officers were shot during a standoff Sunday that resulted in a fatal shooting of the suspect. Matthew Lathers, 31, was suspected in two shootings before Kenner Police Department officers gathered outside the residence of Lathers’s relative on Sunday. Earlier that day, there were two victims shot outside that same residence, which helped […]